Culture is one of Europe’s greatest strengths. It contributes to people’s well-being, to social cohesion and inclusion. Cultural and creative sectors are considered as very important at EU level. They are considered as drivers of economic growth, job creation and external trade. The EU is diverse in cultural matters and the EU member countries are different with diverse culture backgrounds. The article is focused on the issue of participation of EU citizen in foreign cultures. The willingness of EU citizens to participate in foreign cultures across EU member countries is evaluated based on the indicators describing the level of foreign languages knowledge and the participation in foreign cultural products as the expression of interest and openness to foreign cultures. The evaluation was performed by means of WSA method.